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Author Archives: Guadalupe Astorga
Interview with Sohail Tavazoie
Senior Attending Physician Leon Hess Associate Professor Elizabeth and Vincent Meyer Laboratory of Systems Cancer Biology Interview by Fernando Bejarano Imagine that you are just out of graduate school and about to embark on a biomedical science post doc … Continue reading
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NYU’s “Street Science” Aims to Bridge the Gap Between STEM Fields and the Younger Generation
Johannes Buheitel “Cool” and “Awesome” are just two of many joyous exclamations I hear while I am trying to squeeze through the crowd of children, parents and other interested individuals filling up the NYU Kimmel Center to the brim. On … Continue reading
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Twenty-four visits to Stockholm: A Concise History of the Rockefeller Nobel Prizes
Part XX: Paul Greengard, 2000 Prize in Physiology or Medicine Joseph Luna Of the 37.2 trillion cells in the human body (excluding microbes), there are about 100 billion, or about 0.2%, that are a breed apart. These supercharged cells are … Continue reading
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All Aboard the BioBus
Aileen Marshall What were your science laboratory classes like when you were in grade school or high school? Did you ever get a chance to use a fluorescence microscope? Or sequence DNA? I never did. What if you had never … Continue reading
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CrossFit: Everything You Need to Know About One of Our Current Fastest Growing Sports
Francesca Cavallo Starting any new exercise practice can be discouraging, and it’s no different when entering into a CrossFit gym, which can be a nerve-wrecking experience. Although in the current sports environment everybody is talking about CrossFit, there are those … Continue reading
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Free Summer Park Events in NYC
Susan Russo Park rules for ALL parks: NO glass containers (baby bottles OK); alcohol; smoking; drugs; dogs off leashes YES blankets or towels (but NO plastic or tarps); restrooms; food vendors/stands MOVIES Manhattan Bennett Park (Fort Washington Avenue and West … Continue reading
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The Violent Brilliance of Peaky Blinders
Bernie Langs It isn’t often that a television series completely engages me, and I am able to watch entire seasons without losing interest. Peaky Blinders comes to Netflix from the BBC and centers on a gangster family with their many … Continue reading
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For Your Consideration – Ones to Watch, Vol. 1 Edition
Jim Keller It’s that time of year again! This first in a four-part series, focused on the leading ladies of the Best Actress race, will take us up to January 2017 when Oscar nominations are announced. This year’s Best Actress … Continue reading
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New York State Of Mind
This month Natural Selections features Brian Fabella, Research Technician in the Hudspeth Lab Interview by Guadalupe Astorga How long have you been living in the New York area? 17 years in July. Where do you currently live? Which is your favorite neighborhood? … Continue reading
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Quotable Quote
“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an … Continue reading
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A Piece of Our Mind
George Barany and Christopher Adams This “mid-week level” puzzle, with a political theme (pictorial hint to the right), is released with the utmost respect for the victims of senseless violence and terror. After completing the puzzle (spoiler), you may want … Continue reading
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Wobegon
Robert Mark and George Barany This “mid-week level” themed puzzle represents Robert’s crossword debut (pictorial hint to the right, and bonus points if you can explain the puzzle’s title). After completing the puzzle (spoiler), learn more about its creation and … Continue reading
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Life on a Roll
Qiong Wang “My first visit to Venice was around this time last year. It brought back so many good memories just to browse through the photos. The city is one of a kind. Even though I had heard and read … Continue reading
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